Team teachingcan be difficult even when partners come from the same background. Teaching with someone from a different culture can be truly daunting. In this article, the authors describe experiences and challenges of bicultural teams teaching in an emerging graduate business program in Vietnam and build on literature from unicultural team teaching. In addition, they offer general suggestions about how to develop good bicultural teaching teams. They also discuss implications for individual teachers.
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